SNATCH AND GRAB IT - Julia Lee - 1946

Snatch and Grab it by Julie Lee 1946 recorded from the original Capitol 78 RPM record and played on a Dual 1229 turntable My aunt knew Julie Lee, they use to sing at the same night club, my aunt gave me two 78 records that Julie Lee had given her that were made on a private label in Kansas City. They were one of a kind 78 records, and I took them to the University and had them transferred to a digital tape, which was sent to Bear Family Records in Germany to add to their 5 CD set of Julie Lee songs. . A popular entertainer who recorded frequently for Capitol during 1944-1950, Julia Lee's double-entendre songs and rocking piano made her a major attraction in Kansas City. She played piano and sang in her brother George E. Lee's Orchestra during 1920-1934, recording with him in 1927 and 1929 (including "If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight") and cutting two titles of her own in 1929 ("He's Tall, He's Dark and He's Handsome" and "Won't You Come Over to My House"). Lee worked regularly as a single in Kansas City after her brother's band broke up. In 1944, she started recording for Capitol and among her sidemen on some sessions were Jay McShann, Vic Dickenson, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, and Red Nichols, along with many local players. After 1952, Julia Lee only recorded four further songs, but she was active up until her death in 1958.

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[psykpeaches]

would be great but keeps stopping at 1:56...just freezes up...

[maynardcat]

@psykpeaches I have that same problem off and on, and mostly on Internet Explorer. Try using Firefox instead for YouTube, it doesn't seem to have that problem as much. 

[vampycardinal]

NFL Ticket Exchange Commercial 

[chassia76]

So cool to find this song on youtube. My Great-Uncle Sharon Pease was the composer of Snatch and Grab It! He wrote many other songs as well. Thanks for posting it.

[frizzlefrap]

@sistershort1 .... fweep, fweep, fweep ....... who's knockin' at the door? .... answer that, hon!

[frizzlefrap]

@horarwgt ..... wikipedia said it was number 1 ... check it out

[ghoszer]

Thumbs Upp If Nfl Comercial brought you Here!

[mance02]

Music in its prime.

[carlanthony62]

This song was a massive hit on the R&B chart in 1947. Get this- it was #1 for a whopping 12 weeks and stayed on the charts 28 weeks. This song was the talk of the town and a dance floor classic in Black communities all across the U.S. in 1947. Enjoy !

[1995GKM]

reminds me of Fallout New Vegas and 3

[sistershort1]

absolutely love this song...bet it was the cats meow in the day! Thanks for posting it...

[JimBlasko]

@chassia76 That's really cool, I hope someone in the family is getting paid for this song right now, because the NFL just made it more popular then they ever expected it to be again...I hear it every ten minutes on the NFL network..

[MrQwaszx1234]

hahah thanks for shazam and the nfl ticet commercial i found this song :))

[horarwgt]

Julia (1902-1958) specialized in hat she called "songs my mother didn't want me to sing" -- in other words, double entendre material. This was the second of Julia's tracks to become a pop hit -- which it did in November 1947, peaking at #24 as Capitol Americana 40028.